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TIL Dragonflies are among the earth's most efficient predators with a 95% catch rate of prey

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R7ENw TIL Alexander Alekhine from Russia has been the only World Chess Champion to die while holding the title, and the circumstances of his death have raised suspicions that he was murdered
wLnkM Til non-hispanic ethnic Mayans are still alive and make up 40% of Guatemala’s population
ADx0w TIL: Windows specific keyboards have a menu button that lets you right click from your keyboard (Three lines in a square)
N7yoJ TIL that the most complex word in the English language, or the word with the longest dictionary definition, is the word "set", with 430 senses and a ~60,000-word definition in the Oxford English Dictionary.
1aBGW TIL once a year in parts of England flying ants migrate. Seagulls catch and eat them and then become drunk off the ants' formic acid, causing them to crash into buildings and moving cars.